Street feeding device for horses.



I VAN WYGK A QROSHIER STREET FEEDING DEVICE FOR nonsss.

APPLICATION FILED 111K213, 1908.

1 Patgr ite d June s, 1909,

ATTORNEY RS cm, wasmuamu. n. c.

VAN WYOK A. OROSHIER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STREET FEEDING DEVICE FOR HORSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed January 29, 1908. Serial No. 413,244.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VAN WYoK A. Cno- SHIER, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in StreetFeeding Devices for Horses, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an improvement in portable mangers for feedinghorses when in harness as will be hereinafter described in thespecification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of this invention is to provide an open topped portable feedmanger for horses by means of which the horse shall have free use of hishead while eating and shall be able to breathe pure air freely; toprovide means for elevating or lowering and adjusting the said manger inposition to suit the horse eating therefrom; to provide means forregulating the flow and the supply of the grain from the grain containerto the manger, and to provide means for preventing the horse fromwasting the grain supplied to said manger. I attain these objects bymeans of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichlike numerals of reference designate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the means wherebythe manger is adjusted and secured to the end of a tongue of a wagon;Fig. 2 is a side vertical sectional view of the grain container and themanager attached thereto; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail inverted view ofthe extensible supporting arms; Fig. 4 is a side view of the same; Fig.5 is a sectional view of the same taken along the line 5-'5 in Figs. 3and 4; Fig. 6 is a detail view of the grain container supporting barshowing the latter folded, and Fig 7 is a transverse sectional view ofthe tongue showing the rack and the tongue secured to the lugs thereof,whereby the rack is maintained in position on said tongue. I

This device is capable of being connected to the front end of the tongueor shaft of a wagon, and in Fig. 1 I show said device applied to thefront end of a tongue of a wagon.

The rack 1 is situated on the top fiat side of the tongue 2 of a wagon,and is provided with the lugs 3 which lap over the sides of said tongue2 and said lugs are provided with the screw holes 4 through whichsecuring screws are passed to secure said. lugs 3. to said tongue. Thelugs 3 project above the top surface of the rack 1 thereof are formedbores through which the hinge pin 5 of the extensible arm is passed.

The extensible arm is composed of the main portion 6, the intermediatetelescoping portion 7, and the outer end telescoping portion 8. Theseportions of said extensible arm are each constructed in the form of aninverted U and said portions are provided with the inwardly extendingretaining flanges or lips 9 and 10. The retaining lips 9 formed on theinner bottom ed es of the main portion 6 of the extensible arm retainthe intermediate portion 7 in position relatively to said main portionto freely slide or telescope into the hollow under side thereof, andsimilarly the retaining strips or lips 10 of the intermediate portion 7of the extensible arm are provided for the purpose of retaining theouter end telescoping portion 8 in relative position to saidintermediate portion. 7 to slide or telescope therein.

Qn the end of the main portion 6 of the extensible arm are formed thehinge lugs 6 which are provided with the bores 11 which areadapted toreceive the pin 5 whereby the said extensible arm is hingedly connectedto said lugs 3. Intermediate the ends of the main portion 6 and on thebottom edge thereof are formed the lugs 12 to which the propping pawl 13is hingedly connected at its top end, and said pawl is adapted to engagethe teeth of said rack 1, so that the angle of said extensible arm maybe adjusted to elevate or lower the free end of said arm. The outer endtelescoping portion 8 of said extensible arm is provided with thedepending lugs 14 in which are provided the square holes 15 throughwhich the cross-bar 16 is passed to be sustained in horizontal positionThe grain container may be constructed of metal or canvas but I preferto construct said container of metal, as sheet galvanized iron or othersuitable material, in which case 17 designates the grain containerhaving the top hinged lid 18 which is locked closed by a suitablepaddock 19. On the top side of said grain container'are provided thesupporting hooks by which said grain container is suspended and saidhooks are adapted to be slipped on the bar 16 and into the notches 16formed on the top edge of said cross bar, so that the container be reandin the top ends movably secured to and held in position on said bar.

The bottom apron portion 21 of the manger extends from the strip 22situated at the rear bottom edge portion of said grain container, andthe side portions 23 of said apron project from the rear side strips 24of the container to which they are connected. The cover apron 25 issituated to extend from the rear side of said grain container over thegrain spout 26 thereof to form a grain bag or pocket with the lowerapron 21 and thereby inclose the grain confined between the said apron21 and its cover 25 and prevent it being spilled therefrom. A feedopening 27 is formed in the upper apron cover 25 which opening issituated directly over the dish receptacle 28 in which the grain isdeposited, and said opening is provided with the bars or strips 29 whichare of a flexible material as rubber, canvas, or cords, and said barsare provided for the purpose of preventing the horse eating in saidmanger from dipping his nose too far into the grain to waste the latter.Situated directly under the feed opening 27 is a dish 28 or otherreceptacle which is secured to the bottom apron 21 and situatedrelatively to the spout 26 that the grain flowing therefrom will bedeposited in said dish or receptacle.

The spout 26 is preferably constructed of a flexible material, as rubberor canvas, and said spout is provided with a strap 30 whereby the flowof the grain therethrough may be regulated or completely stopped asdesired.

The rear end corners of the apron 21 are provided with the cords 31 tothe end of each of which is connected a snap hook 32 which latter may beconnected or hooked to the rein rings, water hooks or other suitable part of the harness.

The cross-bar 16 is preferably hinged at its center portion so as to befolded as shown in Fig. 6 to be placed in the pocket 33 situated at oneside of the grain container 17.

I claim:

1. In a portable manger for feeding horses, the combination with a graincontainer and a spout projecting from said grain container, of a lowerapron situated at its front end under said spout and extending from therear bottom side of said grain container, upwardly extending sides onsaid lower apron, and an upper cover apron extending over said spout andover a portion of the surface of said lower apron and connected to theupright sides thereof toform a grain pocket, said cover apron having afeed opening formed therein.

2. Ina portable manger for feeding horses,

the combination with a grain container and a spout projecting from the riar side of said container, of a lower apron extending from the rearbottom side of said grain container, and having its front centralportion situated under said spout, upwardly extending sides on saidlower apron, a grain receptacle sitn ated centrally and near theforward. end of said apron and under the spout of said container, and acover apron extending over said receptacle and having a feed openingsituated over said receptacle, and a screen situated in said opening.

3. In a portable manger .for feeding horses, the combination with agrain container and a spout projecting rearwardly therefrom and meansfor regulating the flow of the grain from said spout, of a lower mangerapron situated at its front end under said spout and extendingbackwardly from the rear bottom side of said grain container, upwardlyextending sides on said. lower apron, a grain receptacle secured to saidlower apron and having its forward central portion situated under saidspout, a cover apron extending over said spout and over the surface ofsaid grain receptacle, said cover apron provided with a feed opening,and a screen in said feed opening.

In a portable manger for feeding horses,

the combination with a grain container and a manger connected thereto,of a rack, lugs on said rack, an arm pivoted to said lugs, a pawlhingedly connected to said arm and cooperating with said rack to supportsaid arm in adjusted position, a cross-bar situated at the free end ofsaid arm and extending horizontally and at right angles therewith, andmeans for removably securing said grain container to said bar.

5. In a portable manger for feeding horses, the combination with a graincontainer, and an open manger connected thereto, of a rack, lugs on saidrack, an extensible arm pivoted at its rear end between said lugs, apawl hingedly connected to said arm and cooperating with said rack tosupport said extensible arm in adjusted position, a horizontallyextending cross-bar situated at and remo\ ably secured to the free endof said extensible arm, means for removably secnrii'ig said graincontainer to said cross bar, and means for securing the manger apron tothe head of the horse.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VAN lVYCK A. (JHOSll.l.lGll.

\Vitnesses Tnonrsox R. BELL, Framers M. Srnmenn.

